Here are some youthful links for you to play with your children.
Some of these links are really FuN for adults too !
Catch up on some youthful culture, family fun, and practice some English Rhythm with some Nursery Rhymes, compare some of your legends and myths with those from other cultures, much more.
This Khan's Academy gets amazing reviews. Uncle Khan designed some youtube videos to help his nephew with math and it has grown from there. Teachers love it too ! What do you think ?
It doesn't really teach the math, but is great for skills practice, and it's highly engaging for the kids. It's designed like a video game, with
characters and quests and the kids get to accumulate items and level-up etc. The game is free, but has a membership option for those who would like to pay to have their kids get cooler virtual items. I think it covers grades K-8, but don't quote me on that :)
My ADHD son hates math, and usually tantrums when a math question is put in front of him, but he'll ask to go on Prodigy because the game play is so engaging.
S. from Mississauga Homeschoolers, 13/11/12
Hey everyone, check out these awesome calculus videos based on the Ontario curriculum.
If you click on the link you will find a list of the updated videos. If you go to the youtube channel and search th channel you will find videos for more chapters in the textbook. All the videos correspond with the NELSON Calculus and Vectors Textbook.
Where it says that "every child should be graded on class participation -- and parents don't help their children when they argue otherwise. "
The title is assertive, but the article is well reasoned and provides some thoughful suggestions on helping the introverted get those "other skills" for when they are needed.
Here is a fun activity for science minded kids. The activities are high qualtity (because there are run out of the hospitals or universities) and one of the best parts is that it is free.
http://www.sciencerendezvous.ca/2012/
Our newspaper featured an article about a non-profit called CK-12. This website provides Flexible Interactive Text Books … FOR FREE! It's awesome. Teachers can piece together chapters of different books to create their own customized text book.
Ontario Educational Resource Bank https://oerb.elearningontario.ca ==MATHEMATICS== Hello mathies, We used www.mathfrog.ca online when my kids were a little younger (grades 4-6) but now I've realized there is an older version called Wired Math for grades 7 - 10. It has some nice online games and activities to help with the Ontario math curriculum for these grades and best of all, it's from an authoritative source (University of Waterloo math department) and it's free! http://cemc2.math.uwaterloo.ca/wired_math/
Have you heard of Life of Fred? http://www.stanleyschmidt.com/FredGauss/index2.html We've not tried it yet (my oldest is just turning 7) but I hear absolutely amazing things from most everyone who has. It is definitely on our list for the not-too-distant future for my math-loving girl. A relative of mine just sent me a link to a youtube site called www.mathtv.com There are many tutorial videos on different math topics. You can also find all sorts of video tutorials on Science, English and all kinds of other topics on youtube that are being done by college profs and highschool teachers. http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/12/photogalleries/091208-environment-gains-2009/photo10.html
ENGINEERING
Great site - animations showing how engines work. http://www.animated engines.com/ index.shtml Hi Everyone; Yamaha (yep really) is putting out free paper craft downloads for really cool items; more than just motorcycles! Check them out, they are pretty cool.
http://www.yamaha-motor.co.jp/global/entertainment/papercraft/ This is a really cool site - the game my kids are playing is called "Gears". It really teaches how gears work. Kind of like "The Incredible Machine" (which of course is another really cool game that teaches mechanics).
This is a great website for creating posters with fancy words or even doing a collective card with names. http://www.wordle.net/ I just saw this today and thought it was quite neat! Crayola.com has this new program where children can design their own coloring pages (i.e. choose background, and what items will go in it). Very cool! http://www.crayola.com/coloring-page-maker/index.cfm
WRITERS
Check out the NaNoWriMo Young Writer's Program: http://ywp.nanowrimo.org/ The workbook resources on this site are fabulous! And while the focus of this is a Novemeber novel writing challenge, it is certainly possible to use the resources for a longer period of study. (I recently wrote about this here: http://tinyurl.com/yz3a8f5) Vocabulary, Hang Mouse, Word Search, Match game, etc. http://www.vocabulary.co.il/
Some are free, others are not. If you delight in hard work, you can use the on-line ordering process. For that you should create an account (select that item on the left of the screen) for yourself before you start ordering. Then use the "advanced search" tool (again on the left). The site does NOT allow use of meaningful search terms - at which point I gave up and use the document names (from the Min Ed website) and called the 1-800 number (416) 326-5300, for 8:30 am to 5:00 pm Monday to Friday. They are far easier than the on line agony. I've recently been accepted as the Canada Homeschooling Examiner at Examiner.com, an online site powered by citizen journalism. You can see my site here: http://www.examiner.com/x-26328-Canada-Homeschooling-Examiner Over time, I intend to post articles of interest to Canadian homeschoolers that include how-to pieces, curriculum reviews, information about regulations and requirements for homeschooling in Canada, profiles of Canadian homeschooling families, national and local resources, and timely news. (Did you hear that a Canadian homeschooler won the Nobel Prize for Physics? See my link above for a piece about that exciting bit of news!!) FYI, called Gail Shotlander the E-learning representative at PDSB. The user name is: PDSBstudent The password is: OERBS This username and password is for everyone who is enrolled in PDSB to access the 17,000 items in the OERB. PDSB apparently only has credit courses for mostly GR 11 & 12 (mostly English, Guidance, Social Science, Science when the course is offered with teacher resources).
part of it reads "... scientists have developed a new way to evaluate the intelligence of extinct (as well as living) animals. The Encephalization Quotient, or EQ, measures the size of a creature's brain with the size of the rest of its body, and compares this ratio against other species of roughly the same size. Part of what makes us human is the enormous size of our brains compared to our bodies; our EQ is a hefty 5. That may not seem like such a big number, so let's look at the EQs of some other creatures: on this scale, wildebeests weigh in at .68, African elephants at .63, and opossums at .39. As you might expect, monkeys have higher EQs: 1.5 for a red colobus, 2.5 for a capuchin. Dolphins are the only animals on the planet with EQs even close to those of humans; the bottlenose comes in at 3.6. (EQ scales vary considerably; some set human EQ at about 8, with the EQ of other creatures scaled proportionally.)" and more along the same lines 16. The Resource Connection at Child Development Resource Connection Peel Phone: 905-507-9360 Ext. 311 Fax: 905-890-8325 Address: #103 - 75 Watline Avenue Mississauga, ON, L4Z 3E5 Website: http://www.cdrcp.com/educat_rc.html Welcome to The Resource Connection! The Resource Connection is a leading edge and innovative service. Our mandate is to support our clients by providing a comprehensive and diverse range of quality services that support the development and well being of children and families in the Region of Peel. The Resource Connection is funded by The Ontario Trillium Foundation, Royal Bank of Canada and ING. Donations of equipment and resources have also been received from individuals, associations, foundations, and agencies. All donations and suggestions are welcome. Please click the link to see a Virtual Tour of The Resource Connection: http://cdrcp.com/rc_tour.html.
No time to study ? Busy with your kids ?
Kill two birds with one stone. (idiom)
Here are some youthful links for you to play with your children.
Some of these links are really FuN for adults too !
Catch up on some youthful culture, family fun, and practice some English Rhythm with some Nursery Rhymes, compare some of your legends and myths with those from other cultures, much more.
Enjoy !
- Kinetic 10/15
Learn Cursive Writing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_nmiMPjJDg
http://www.handwritingforkids.com/handwrite/cursive/animation/uppercase.htm
http://www.handwritingforkids.com/handwrite/cursive/alphabets/alphabets_u.htm
This Khan's Academy gets amazing reviews. Uncle Khan designed some youtube videos to help his nephew with math and it has grown from there. Teachers love it too ! What do you think ?
https://www.khanacademy.org/
- Kinetic 09/21/15
Mineralogical Association
http://www.mineralogicalassociation.ca/
Lots of information for you and your children, order posters and mineral samples.
Go visit the Royal Ontario Museum to see the Gem Room.
https://www.rom.on.ca/en/visit-us
I thought I'd put out a recommendation for Prodigy Math:
https://www.prodigygame.com/Play/
It doesn't really teach the math, but is great for skills practice, and it's highly engaging for the kids. It's designed like a video game, with
characters and quests and the kids get to accumulate items and level-up etc. The game is free, but has a membership option for those who would like to pay to have their kids get cooler virtual items. I think it covers grades K-8, but don't quote me on that :)
My ADHD son hates math, and usually tantrums when a math question is put in front of him, but he'll ask to go on Prodigy because the game play is so engaging.
S. from Mississauga Homeschoolers, 13/11/12
Hey everyone, check out these awesome calculus videos based on the Ontario curriculum.
If you click on the link you will find a list of the updated videos. If you go to the youtube channel and search th channel you will find videos for more chapters in the textbook. All the videos correspond with the NELSON Calculus and Vectors Textbook.
http://allthingsmathematics.teachable.com/p/mcv4u-calculus-and-vectors
(MHS 2017)
My Parks Pass - free pass to Canadian parks
http://www.myparkspass.ca/
Learn to CAMP
http://www.pc.gc.ca/eng/media/ltc-dlc/index.aspx
It is said that "Introverted Kids Need to Learn to Speak Up at School"
You might want to read the article in http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2013/02/introverted-kids-need-to-learn-to-speak-up-at-school/272960/
Where it says that "every child should be graded on class participation -- and parents don't help their children when they argue otherwise. "
The title is assertive, but the article is well reasoned and provides some thoughful suggestions on helping the introverted get those "other skills" for when they are needed.
www.bbc.co.uk/schools/typing
linktolearning.com
www.storylineonline.net
www.icdlbooks.org
www.ipl.org/div/kidspace
Here is a fun activity for science minded kids. The activities are high qualtity (because there are run out of the hospitals or universities) and one of the best parts is that it is free.
http://www.sciencerendezvous.ca/2012/
Our newspaper featured an article about a non-profit called CK-12. This website provides Flexible Interactive Text Books … FOR FREE! It's awesome. Teachers can piece together chapters of different books to create their own customized text book.
Here is a link to the website:
http://www.ck12.org/flexbook/Here is today's article in the San Jose Mercury News:
http://www.mercurynews.com/mike-cassidy/ci_19794734School House Rock
Nouns:
http://www.schooltube.com/video/21001073474c19344891/
Verbs:
http://www.schooltube.com/video/2f64b89f85db90e07260/
Adverbs:
http://www.schooltube.com/video/054c4aca89b412d90612/
Conjunction:
http://www.schooltube.com/video/9d37200dbcb55fe20cfc/
Preposition:
http://www.schooltube.com/video/d177636a19e28f776d78/Grammar-Rock-Preposition
School House Rock Lyrics
http://www.schoolhouserock.tv/
There's more !
Learning Vocabulary Can Be Fun !
http://www.vocabulary.co.il/It's Fun To Read - Starfall
http://www.starfall.com
Nursery Rhymes
http://www.enchantedlearning.com
Myths & Legends
http://www.planetozkids.com
Ontario Educational Resource Bank
https://oerb.elearningontario.ca
==MATHEMATICS==
Hello mathies,
We used www.mathfrog.ca online when my kids were a little younger (grades 4-6) but now I've realized there is an older version called Wired Math for grades 7 - 10. It has some nice online games and activities to help with the Ontario math curriculum for these grades and best of all, it's from an authoritative source (University of Waterloo math department) and it's free!
http://cemc2.math.uwaterloo.ca/wired_math/
A site to help you create graphs.
http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/createagraph
Have you heard of Life of Fred? http://www.stanleyschmidt.com/FredGauss/index2.html We've not tried it yet (my oldest is just turning 7) but I hear absolutely amazing things from most everyone who has. It is definitely on our list for the not-too-distant future for my math-loving girl.
A relative of mine just sent me a link to a youtube site called www.mathtv.com
There are many tutorial videos on different math topics. You can also find all sorts of video tutorials on Science, English and all kinds of other topics on youtube that are being done by college profs and highschool teachers.
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/12/photogalleries/091208-environment-gains-2009/photo10.html
ENGINEERING
Great site - animations showing how engines work.http://www.animated engines.com/ index.shtml
Hi Everyone; Yamaha (yep really) is putting out free paper craft downloads for really cool items; more than just motorcycles! Check them out, they are pretty cool.
http://www.yamaha-motor.co.jp/global/entertainment/papercraft/
This is a really cool site - the game my kids are playing is called "Gears". It really teaches how gears work. Kind of like "The Incredible Machine" (which of course is another really cool game that teaches mechanics).
http://www.kongregate.com
enter "gears" in the search.
http://www.kongregate.com/search?q=gears
A race from London to Edinburgh between a car a bike and a locomotive; it's broken into four parts:
Top Gear S13E01 60 Years Ago - Car vs Bike vs Train - Part 1 ... <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIY-c5aTfLE>
SCIENCE
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/12/photogalleries/091208-environment-gains-2009/photo10.html
SCOUTS CANADA
www.scouts.caART
This is a great website for creating posters with fancy words or even doing a collective card with names.http://www.wordle.net/
I just saw this today and thought it was quite neat! Crayola.com has this new program where children can design their own coloring pages (i.e. choose background, and what items will go in it). Very cool!
http://www.crayola.com/coloring-page-maker/index.cfm
WRITERS
Check out the NaNoWriMo Young Writer's Program: http://ywp.nanowrimo.org/ The workbook resources on this site are fabulous! And while the focus of this is a Novemeber novel writing challenge, it is certainly possible to use the resources for a longer period of study. (I recently wrote about this here: http://tinyurl.com/yz3a8f5)Vocabulary, Hang Mouse, Word Search, Match game, etc.
http://www.vocabulary.co.il/
MEDIA
Slaughterhouse-Five, or The Children's Crusade: A Duty-Dance With Death (1969) is an anti-war <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-war> science fiction <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_fiction> novel <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Novel> by Kurt Vonnegut <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt_Vonnegut> about World War II <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II> experiences and journeys through time <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_travel> of a soldier called Billy Pilgrim <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Pilgrim> .ONTARIO CURRICULUM
http://www.classroomconnections.ca/en/gatheringplace.phpYou might be interested in the resource of the ontario_used curriculum If you sign up, then you get notices of for sale curriculum resources - see http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ontario_usedcurriculum/messages
Here is the link for downloading the curriculum documents: http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/teachers/curriculum.html
The point of access for elementary, by subject is at http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/curriculum/elementary/subjects.html
There are many supplementary exemplars and other resources.
Hard copies of all of these can be ordered through Service Ontario. Go to to
https://www.publications.serviceontario.ca/ecom/MasterServlet/ViewMainHandler?loggedIN=false&selectedLocale=en
Some are free, others are not.
If you delight in hard work, you can use the on-line ordering process. For that you should create an account (select that item on the left of the screen) for yourself before you start ordering. Then use the "advanced search" tool (again on the left). The site does NOT allow use of meaningful search terms - at which point I gave up and use the document names (from the Min Ed website) and called the 1-800 number (416) 326-5300, for 8:30 am to 5:00 pm Monday to Friday. They are far easier than the on line agony.
I've recently been accepted as the Canada Homeschooling Examiner at Examiner.com, an online site powered by citizen journalism. You can see my site here: http://www.examiner.com/x-26328-Canada-Homeschooling-Examiner
Over time, I intend to post articles of interest to Canadian homeschoolers that include how-to pieces, curriculum reviews, information about regulations and requirements for homeschooling in Canada, profiles of
Canadian homeschooling families, national and local resources, and timely news. (Did you hear that a Canadian homeschooler won the Nobel Prize for Physics? See my link above for a piece about that exciting bit of news!!)
FYI, called Gail Shotlander the E-learning representative at PDSB.
The user name is: PDSBstudent
The password is: OERBS
This username and password is for everyone who is enrolled in PDSB to access the 17,000 items in the OERB.
PDSB apparently only has credit courses for mostly GR 11 & 12 (mostly English, Guidance, Social Science, Science when the course is offered with teacher resources).
For amusement - An enlightening article about "relative smartness"
http://dinosaurs.about.com/od/dinosaurbasics/a/dinosmarts.htm
part of it reads "... scientists have developed a new way to evaluate the intelligence of extinct (as well as living) animals. The Encephalization Quotient, or EQ, measures the size of a creature's brain with the size of the rest of its body, and compares this ratio against other species of roughly the same size.
Part of what makes us human is the enormous size of our brains compared to our bodies; our EQ is a hefty 5. That may not seem like such a big number, so let's look at the EQs of some other creatures: on this scale, wildebeests weigh in at .68, African elephants at .63, and opossums at .39. As you might expect, monkeys have higher EQs: 1.5 for a red colobus, 2.5 for a capuchin. Dolphins are the only animals on the planet with EQs even close to those of humans; the bottlenose comes in at 3.6. (EQ scales vary considerably; some set human EQ at about 8, with the EQ of other creatures scaled proportionally.)" and more along the same lines
16. The Resource Connection at Child Development Resource Connection Peel
Phone: 905-507-9360 Ext. 311
Fax: 905-890-8325
Address: #103 - 75 Watline Avenue Mississauga, ON, L4Z 3E5
Website: http://www.cdrcp.com/educat_rc.html
Welcome to The Resource Connection!
The Resource Connection is a leading edge and innovative service. Our mandate is to support our clients by providing a comprehensive and diverse range of quality services that support the development and well being of children and families in the Region of Peel.
The Resource Connection is funded by The Ontario Trillium Foundation, Royal Bank of Canada and ING. Donations of equipment and resources have also been received from individuals, associations, foundations, and agencies. All donations and suggestions are welcome.
Please click the link to see a Virtual Tour of The Resource Connection: http://cdrcp.com/rc_tour.html.